Food Challenge pits 4-H students in a cooking contest with high steaks, um, stakes.

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Logan Moore from Boyd, Texas cuts into a bell pepper during the Food Challenge competition at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo's junior contest on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. About 20 students from FFA and 4-H compete for scholarship money with their cooking skills as well as with their knowledge about nutrition, food prep and origin of ingredients. Students are given one of four categories to make a dish within a time limit without prior knowledge of the ingredients.

Logan Moore from Boyd, Texas cuts into a bell pepper during the Food Challenge competition at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo's junior contest on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. About 20 students from FFA and 4-H compete for scholarship money with their cooking skills as well as with their knowledge about nutrition, food prep and origin of ingredients. Students are given one of four categories to make a dish within a time limit without prior knowledge of the ingredients.